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For Boatowners in MaineSat, 19 Aug 2017 13:43:17 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.2Yachtlife Has Now Gone Digitalhttp://www.maineboat.org/yachtlife-has-now-gone-digital/
http://www.maineboat.org/yachtlife-has-now-gone-digital/#respondSat, 19 Aug 2017 13:43:17 +0000http://www.maineboat.org/?p=10Continue reading Yachtlife Has Now Gone Digital]]>Loosely based on the model of Uber, on-demand Yachtlife yacht charter in the Hamptons includes a few practical perks.

Based lightly on the rideshare-app model of Uber, Yachtlife the digital yacht charter service recently expanded into the most popular luxury destination in the New York. Yachtlife will kick-off its service with 13 yachts that are available in the Hamptons. The yacht range starts from a VanDutch of 40-foot to a stately Hatteras 100-foot, which is scattered between the Montauk Yacht Club and Sag Harbor. With this initiative, the Yachtlife is trying to make the weekends on a boat more fun and easier.

As far as the convenience factor is concerned, then the brand is amplifying its convenience factor adding more facilities. To give that facility, the brand has joined hands with Flightserve to offer private seaplane and helicopter to connect the New York directly to the charter. The visitors of Manhattan can easily make their way to the terminals of a seaplane or helicopter on the island west side.

With the introduction of the app-based services like JetSmarter and Uber, it is surprising to see that the Yachtlife has seen good growth in its first two years of its evolution. Presently, it has covered over a dozen markets from Vancouver, in Greece, South of France, and Canada. The co founders Yachtlife, Patrick Curley and Nick Cardoza saw a good opportunity to modernize the industry that has become an old and traditional.

Patrick said, “The business of yacht-charter is still a traditional brick-and-mortar and a high profile business. In this business lots of things are done based on relationships, however, it is not an industry which moves slow. Now, people have accepted the digital world instantaneous turnaround and we have streamlined the whole charter process. With few taps paperwork is signed off digitally”.

]]>http://www.maineboat.org/yachtlife-has-now-gone-digital/feed/0Round The Island Racehttp://www.maineboat.org/round-the-island-race/
http://www.maineboat.org/round-the-island-race/#respondFri, 11 Aug 2017 15:24:55 +0000http://www.maineboat.org/?p=8Continue reading Round The Island Race]]>Round the Island Race is one of the largest single day mass participation sports, sailing events that occur in the UK. This year’s latest race, as every year, was a race of 50 nautical miles that was set to start and finish at Cowes.

There were several vessels competing in this year’s race that included professionals, families and amateurs as well. There was an unexpected record finish done by Concise 10 who not only reached the finishing line in 2 hours 22 minutes 23 seconds but also broke the existing record of Phaedo 3. This was an achievement, especially as there were about 1342 boats of different categories that competed in this race.

The wind conditions were not very favorable – it wasn’t exactly a Greek yacht charter – but Concise 10 was able to make the most of prevailing overcast and light wind conditions, interrupted by rain as well. The race was a 50 nautical mile race where the skipper and crew of Concise 10 stole the limelight. The winning team stated that they were ecstatic about having broken the record. They had been trying it so far for three years and this time they were able to manage much before the forecast. They admitted that the race got tense in the last thirty minutes but the end was a good feeling.

JP Morgan Asset Management has been the event sponsor for about 13 years. The New Zealand winery, Cloudy Bay has now replaced the same. The race charity is managed by Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust. This charity organization helped four boats to take part in the sailing event which was manned by 22 people recovering from ailments. This course helps to build confidence in young people in the art of sailing. This key sailing event in the UK came to a close this year and most competitors will look forward to participating in the upcoming event next year.